Northern Ireland Labor Party

The Northern Ireland Labor Party (NILP) was a social democratic political party that existed in Northern Ireland from 1924 to 1987. The party was founded as an alternative to Irish republicanism and Ulster unionism, although the majority of its members were working-class Protestant and unionist skilled workers. The rise of the Social Democratic and Labor Party, the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, and the Democratic Unionist Party deprived the NILP of a strong support base, with many of its members defecting to the other parties. The party dissolved in 1987.